Nevada County picayune., 1887-02-09
A MURDERER CAPTURED,
By Sheriff J. T. Olive, of William-
 son County, Texas.

murderer'S long and Circuitous flight, and how he was run down and captured in the Lone Star State. while living and working under an assumed name, by a for mcr citizen of this county will be read with interest by our readers. We copy it from the Nashville American, of the 22nd ult.-Editor PICAYUNE.
 Hoge Morris, the noted young man, who has been wanted on a charge of murder so long by the authorities of this State, has been at last captured, and is now lying in the jail at this place. He arriv- ed yesterday morning in charge of John T. Olive, sheriff of William. son county, Tex, and his Deputy, w. X. Langford.
 Sheriff Olive arrested him Sun. day morning in San Antonio, driv. ing a street car, and left the next day for Nashville. The murder with which Morris is charged is that of w. J. Russell, of Thompson Station, on the 9th of December. 1884. The facts, which are of the most sensational character, were fully published at the time, and are yet fresh in the minds of all the people near the place where the deed was committed. Both the parties were highly respecta- ble, we'll known and generally lik. ed. They had been fast friends up to the night of the killing of Rus. sell, and had never been known to have difficulty. But as it seems both tell in love with the same young lady, and the iend jealousy came in between the friends, when naught else could have been of any affect, and led to the fatal and fearful result.
 The immediate cause of the oc- curauce was something which took place at party the night previous to the 9th. It was in regard to the fair object of the affec lions of both young men. As the account gives it Russell was shown preference.
 MORRIS BECAME FURIOUS and left the entertainment vowing he would have vengeance. The next morning between 8 and 9 o'clock he rode up to the store of Mir. T. o. Betts, in which Rus sell was clerking and called him out. This young man not suspect ing anything readily left the back part of the house and came for ward. Morris attacked him and for while both were engaged in Il iisticuff fight. Russell had turned to go into the store when Morris pulled a pistol and fired twice, one ball taking effect in the neck, the other in the shoulder. The wound ed youth fell and expired in about twenty minutes
 Morris made his escape and not withstanding the most vigilant search has been made all over the country, he eluded arrest till last Sunday. A reward of $2OO was offered for his arrest by the State, and to this was added $250 by Mir. T. O. Betts, who is an un- cle of the murdered Russel. Sev- eral other private rewards were offered, making the whole sum az. gregate
 SOMETHING LIKE $7O0.
 Circulars were sent out by the Police Department, stating what was offered for arrest of the man, and giving a description of him. Some time ago ayoungman answer ing.thed escription was arrested in North Carolina, and the Sheriff of Williamson county, Tenn, wentout to get him, but found that the party was not tue right one. About six mouths ago there appeared in Williamson county, Texas, n stranger. giving his name as Willis Johnson. He clerked for awhile in a store in Tyler, for d man nam ed Rowdybush. Afterwards he went to work on the ranch of Mir. Gilman.
 THERE HAPPENED TO BE another man near Tyler whose name was also Willis Johnson. He received queer letter one day from Tennessee, speaking about the killing and saying to keep quiet